| Players | Runs | Wicket | Against | Venue | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid | 331 | 2nd | New Zealand | Hyderabad | 8 Nov 1999 |
| Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid | 318 | 2nd | Sri Lanka | Taunton | 26 May 1999 |
| Virat Kohli, Ishan Kishan | 290 | 2nd | Bangladesh | Chattogram | 10 Dec 2022 |
| Ajay Jadeja, Mohammad Azharuddin | 275* | 4th | Zimbabwe | Cuttack | 9 Apr 1998 |
| Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly | 258 | 1st | Kenya | Paarl | 24 Oct 2001 |
| Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni | 256 | 4th | England | Cuttack | 19 Jan 2017 |
| Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly | 252 | 1st | Sri Lanka | Colombo (RPS) | 7 Jul 1998 |
| Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli | 246 | 2nd | West Indies | Guwahati | 21 Oct 2018 |
| Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly | 244 | 2nd | Namibia | Pietermaritzburg | 23 Feb 2003 |
| Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid | 237* | 3rd | Kenya | Bristol | 23 May 1999 |
Key Insights
Sachin Tеndulkar and Rahul Dravid hold the record for the highest partnership for India in an ODI innings. The duo partnered for 331 runs for the second wicket against New Zealand in the 1999 Hyderabad ODI.
The 331-run stand between Tendulkar and Dravid is the second-highest for the second wicket and, overall, the third-highest for any wicket in ODI cricket. This is also the highest ODI partnership by a pair against a team at home.
The 318-run partnership between Dravid and Sourav Ganguly against Sri Lanka in 1999 is the highest for India in the ODI World Cup. Overall, this is the second-highest partnership in the 50-over tournament and the fourth-highest in the format.
Dravid is the lone batter to be part of two partnerships of 300 or more runs for any wicket in the ODI format.
Tendulkar and Ganguly have stitched the highest first-wicket partnership for India in ODIs. They paired up for 258 runs against Kenya in the 2001 tri-series in South Africa.
Tendulkar (146) and Ganguly (111) brought up their individual hundreds in the above match. This was the third instance of the Indian pair scoring centuries while opening in the same ODI innings.
Tendulkar and Ganguly forged 26 century partnerships, the most by a pair for India in ODIs. The pair also aggregated the most partnership runs, scoring 8227 runs in 176 ODI innings together.
Virat Kohli has featured in 14 partnerships of 200 or more runs, the most by a batter for India in ODIs.
Five of Kohli’s 200-plus run stands have come with Rohit Sharma, the most by a pair in ODI cricket.
The 246-run alliance between Kohli and Sharma against the West Indies in 2018 is the highest for India in a successful ODI run chase.
Ajay Jadeja and Mohammad Azharuddin crafted a 275-run partnership against Zimbabwe in the 1998 Cuttack match, the highest for the fourth wickеt in ODI history.
Rohit Sharma and Robin Uthappa put up a 58-ball 128 partnership for the fifth wicket against Sri Lanka in the 2014 Kolkata match. The partnership came at a run rate of 13.24, the highest by a pair for India in ODIs (minimum 100 runs). This is also the same match where Sharma brought up the highest individual score (264) in ODIs.
Read Next | Fastest Run Chases in T20I Cricket
